Seniors or Older Adults - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Fontanet, IN.

Addiction treatment centers which provide services to the unique needs of seniors and older adults may be more helpful for this particular group of people. Senior and older adult focused recovery can be helpful with the initial stigma that seniors may feel when going to treatment and it provides the peer support from individuals in their stage of life who empathize and understand the specific challenges they face. In age neutral programs seniors and older adults can at times be less willing to contribute completely in group sessions with the younger age group who are not familiar with their generational and age related specific challenges. Substance abuse treatment programs which offer a more age relating forum for seniors and older adults can provide a connection of mutual understanding, respect, and comfort to address the difficulties in recovery.

Rehabilitation professionals at drug and alcohol treatment programs for seniors and older adults are there to offer their unique expertise with these clients to resolve age-related, generational, and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also considering any unique physical or mental impairments and challenges this subset of client faces while in treatment. Program materials for seniors and older adults may be presented with audio or verbal impairments in mind, such as larger type or treatment counselors who are experienced with such needs of older clients by the means of individual and group counseling sessions.

Seniors and older adults are disproportionately apt to the abuse of prescription drugs and alcohol, and as part of recovery many require medical assistance not just through safe detox but to determine which prescriptions should be continued or eliminated as part of the treatment process and their transition to a healthy lifestyle that will sustain a long and happy life.

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